[CAnet - news] Why the Internet only just works

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[An excellent paper on the challenges of trying to change the architecture
and core of the Internet. While I agree that the traditional layer 3
Internet is ossifying - the exciting and new Internet architectures are
occurring above layer 3 (web services and Web 2.0) and below (optical
federated IP networks and wireless mesh). Ultimately HTTP/port 80 may be the
new neck of the hourglass between applications and physical infrastructure.
I think this reflects a continued trend where Internet innovation will
always find a away to route around obstruction or blockage -- BSA]

Why the Internet only just works
M Handley


The core Internet protocols have not changed significantly in more than a
decade, in spite of exponential growth in the number of Internet users and
the speed of the fastest links. The requirements placed on the net are also
changing, as digital convergence finally occurs. Will the Internet cope
gracefully with all this change, or are the cracks already beginning to
show? In this paper I examine how the Internet has coped with past
challenges resulting in attempts to change the architecture and core
protocols of the Internet. Unfortunately, the recent history of failed
architectural changes does not bode well. With this history in mind, I
explore some of the challenges currently facing the Internet.


<http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/M.Handley/papers/only-just-works.pdf>



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